Nonsag garment pocket



May 5, 1953 KAY NoNsAG GARMENT POCKET Filed Dec. 23, 1949 INVENTOR. 81 [5'0/6/22 (y z 5 wmqy I I a I i I i l l I l Patented May 5, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NONSAG GARMENT POCKET Isadore Kay, Chicago, Ill.

Application December 23, 1949, Serial No. 134,817

I 1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in a non-sag garment pocket and has for its principal object the provision of an improved construction of this character which will effectively function to maintain the pocket in its normal neat condition with the entrance of the pocket appearing closed.

It is common knowledge that the constant insertion in and withdrawal of the hands from the pocket causes the walls of the pocket to sag with the entrance presenting a partially open condition. This is due to the fact that the pocket is suspended from the garment without sufficient supporting structure, with the result that in a short time the pocket pulls the garment cloth into a permanent sag with the entrance of the pocket disposed in an unsightly condition.

My invention has for its object a simplified and improved arrangement to maintain the pocket and the surrounding garment cloth to which it is attached in a. neat non-sagging condition.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings showing the preferred form of construction, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary outside elevational View of a garment having my improved pocket built therein;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary inside elevational view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view similar to Fig. 2 but showing a modified form of construction;

Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view taken substantially on line l4 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional detail view taken substantially on line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown the preferred form of construction of my invention by which the several objects are accomplished.

In this connection ill indicates a fragmentary piece of garment cloth having a pocket structure Ii. This pocket structure in Figs. 1, 2 and 4 includes a piece of cloth I2 and I3 stitched together to provide the pocket I l. The free edges of the pocket have stitched thereto a collar l5 slit as at It to provide an entrance to the pocket. This slit [6 registers with a similar slit i1 formed in the garment cloth It to afford ready access to the interior of the pocket.

This pocket structure II in the form shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4 is disposed between the garment cloth Ill and a retaining wall it]. This retaining wall it may be formed of any suitable fabric having its upper edge portion i9 stitched to the collar l5 along the outer edge 20 as at 2|, above the slits l6 and IT. The lower edge portion of the retaining wall is stitched as at 22 to the garment cloth.

This retaining wall functions to retain the garment cloth in its normal unstretched condition. It serves to return the garment cloth from a stretched position, thereby also maintaining the cloth to which the pocket is attached in a neat pressed-like unsagging condition, with the pocket entrance on a straight-line and in closed position.

In Figs. 3 and 5 instead of the retaining wall it, I extend the inside wall 22 of the pocket below the outside wall 23 and stitch as at 24 the lower edge of this extended portion to the garment cloth. By this structure I accomplish same result as that accomplished by the structure shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4.

The garment may be any garment in which a pocket structure is desired, such as for example, coats, pants, vests and many other types of garments for both men and women as well as children.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

A non-sag pocket construction comprising a garment cloth having a slit formed therein, a pocket structure having a collar portion, said collar portion also having a slit in one of its walls registering with the garment cloth slit, one portion of said slit collar being attached to the garment cloth above its slit and the other portion of said slit collar being attached to the garment cloth below its slit, the edges of the slit garment cloth and collar material being hemmed, the fold lines of the hems of the garment material being respectively above and below the fold lines of the corresponding hems formed in the collar material said attached collar hem portions projecting above and below the edges of the garment cloth slit to form a mouth, and a retain- 3 ing cloth section secured to said garment cloth at a point below the pocket structure and through said collar at a point above the garment cloth slit and collar mouth.

ISADORE KAY.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Bartell Sept. 23, 1902 Number Number Number 

